Theobald III, Count of Champagne

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Theobald III
Count of Champagne
Seal of Theobald III
Born13 May 1179
Troyes
Died24 May 1201(1201-05-24) (aged 22)
Troyes
Noble family
Spouse(s)
Theobald IV of Champagne
FatherHenry I, Count of Champagne
MotherMarie of France

Theobald III (

Theobald IV, while his widow, Blanche of Navarre, ruled as regent
.

Family

Theobald III was the younger son of Count

Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France.[1] He succeeded as count of Champagne in 1197 upon the death of his older brother Henry II.[2] Theobald married Blanche of Navarre[1] on 1 July 1199 at Chartres. They had two children, a daughter, Marie, and a son, Theobald IV, born after Theobald III's death.[1]

Rule

Charters were written by Theobald and King

Jews
of the one vis-à-vis the other and to repay debts by Philip to the count of Champagne for the employment of his Jews. These laws were reinforced subsequently in charters that were signed between 1198 and 1231.

In 1198,

Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat.[5]

Following his death on 24 May 1201, Theobald's widow Blanche ruled Champagne as regent for the following 21 years,

Church of Saint Stephen
at Troyes.

Genealogical table

Selective genealogy of the house of Champagne[1][8][9]
Theobald II of Champagne
Henry II of EnglandEleanor of AquitaineLouis VII of FranceAdela
Henry I of Champagne
Marie of FrancePhilip II of France
Henry II of Champagne
Theobald III of ChampagneBlanche of Navarre
Theobald IV of Champagne

Notes

  1. Michaud, M. Pettitot[3]).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Evergates 2007, p. 248.
  2. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 34.
  3. ^ McNeal 1953, p. 371-373.
  4. ^ a b McNeal & Wolff 1969, p. 158.
  5. ^ McNeal & Wolff 1969, p. 164.
  6. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 36-37.
  7. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 39.
  8. ^ Evergates 2011, p. xxviii.
  9. ^ Evergates 2018, p. 109.

Sources

  • Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
    ISBN 978-0812201888
    .
  • Evergates, Theodore (2011). Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne. University of Pennsylvania Press.
    ISBN 978-0812200461
    .
  • Evergates, Theodore (2018). Marie of France: Countess of Champagne, 1145-1198. University of Pennsylvania Press.
    ISBN 978-0812250770
    .
  • McNeal, Edgar H. (1953). "Fulk of Neuilly and the Tournament of Écry". Speculum. 28 (2 April).
    JSTOR 2849695
    .
  • McNeal, Edgar H.; Wolff, Robert Lee (1969). "The Fourth Crusade". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. Vol. Two. University of Wisconsin Press.
Theobald III, Count of Champagne
Born: 13 May 1179 Died: 24 May 1201
Preceded by Count of Champagne
1197–1201 		Succeeded by
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